SINGS COUNTRY MUSIC WITH SOUL
(Ashley A-3003)
November/1967
Produced by Leon Ashley
1.
SOONER OR LATER
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
(Sooner later)
Sooner or later I'm gonna leave you
I know it's just a matter of time
But sooner always comes around too early
And later never fits my frame of mind
Sooner or later I'll stop loving you
And I won't need you the way I need you now
But sooner always comes before I'm ready
And later never fits my frame of mind
I always find the reason not to go
I keep searching for any little spark of hope
But I know that sooner or later I'll have to say goodbye
And leave all my dreams behind
But sooner always comes around too early
And later never fits my frame of mind
(Sooner or later)
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2.
PAPER MANSIONS
(Ted Harris)
« © '66 Plainspoken Music, ASCAP »
Don't build for me no paper mansions that only stand until you're gone
You paint the nicest futures of anyone I know
You always leave me holding on to pretty words aglow
You've built a thousand mansions out of dreams that seem so strong
But they're always made of paper not of stone
Don't build for me no paper mansions that I can never call my own
For love can't live in paper mansions that only stand until you're gone
[ piano ]
You've always been a dreamer dear and I'm a dreamer too
But I guess I've had too many of the kind that don't come true
So don't build me no mansions with paper walls so thin
That only stands until you leave again
Don't build for me no paper mansions...
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3.
THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING
(Dallas Frazier)
« © '65 Husky Music, BMI / Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
There goes my only possesion there goes my everything
I hear footsteps slowly walking as they gently walk across a lonely floor
And a voice softly saying darling this will be goodbye forever more
There goes my reason for living there goes the one of my dreams
There goes my only possesion there goes my everything
As my mem'ry turns back the pages
I can see the happy years we had before
Now the love that kept this old heart beating
Has been shattered by the closing of a door
There goes my reason for living...
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4.
IT'S SUCH A PRETTY WORLD TODAY
(Dale Noe)
« © '66 Freeway Music, BMI »
It's such a pretty world today look at the sunshine
And every day's the same since I met you
It's such a pretty world today knowing that you're mine
And happinsess is being close to you
And though the rain may fall my skies will all be blue
If I look close enough the sun will come shining through
It's such a pretty world today look at the sunshine
Today and every day since I met you
[ guitar ]
It's such a pretty world today...
And though the rain may fall...
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5.
YOUR ELUSIVE DREAMS
(Billy Sherrill - Curly Putman)
« © '66 Al Gallico Music, BMI »
I followed me to Texas I followed me to Utah
We didn't find it there so we moved on
I went with you to Alabam things looked good in Birmingham
We didn't find it there so we moved on
Oh I'm so tired of following your elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things your elusive dreams
I had your child in Memphis then you've heard of work in Nashville
We didn't find it there so we moved on
To a small farm in Nebraska to a gold mine in Alaska
But we didn't find it there so we moved on
Now we've left Alaska because there was no gold dear
But this time only two of us moves on
And all we have of each other and that precious little memory to cling to
And still I can't seem to let you go on all alone
Oh yes I'm so tired of following...
They're only fleeting things your elusive dreams
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6.
ALL THE TIME
(Mel Tillis - Wayne P. Walker)
« © '58 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
All the time yes darling all the time
Tenderly constantly I'll love you
Every day I'll prove it every way
In happiness or in loneliness I'll love you
Other arms may tempt me but don't let that bother you
For even if they tempt me I'll never be untrue
All the time yes darling all the time
Through the years through smiles or tears I'll love you
Other arms may tempt me...
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7.
WOMAN IN ME
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '66 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Don't come any closer not that I don't want you to
Cause there's no other arms that I'd rather fill
Than the arms that belong to you
But I know there are rules that I should obey
But the man in you makes the woman in me throw the rules away
I keep telling myself this time I resist
But I lose control before our first kiss
And I know there are rules that I should obey
But the man in you makes the woman in me throw the rules away
I keep telling myself this time I resist...
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8.
GOODBYE WHEELING
(Mel Tillis)
« © '66 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
Well I've been dealing around Wheeling West Virginia just a little too long
Now I gotta be leavin' cause one deceivin' free wheeling man has done me wrong
And it's goodbye Wheeling West Virginia no I don't guess I'll settle down
Since he don't need me Lord I can't see me any longer hanging round this old town
Cause I've got a feelin' that I've been concealin' many thoughts about traveling on
Cause things ain't groovin' so I'd better be a movin'
When you wake up in the mornin' big Wheeling I'm gonna be gone gone gone
And it's goodbye Wheeling West Virginia...
Cause I've got a feelin' that I've been concealin'...
Gone long gone gone long gone gone long gone
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9.
IT SEEMED YOU'VE NEVER BEEN GONE
(Margie Singleton)
« © '66 Unart Catalog, BMI »
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10.
YOUR CONSCIENCE SENDS ME FLOWERS
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '66 Ashmar Music, BMI »
Pretty red roses ought to make a woman happy
But they only bring tears to my eyes
Cause when they come from you I know you've cheated again
For your conscience sends me flowers every time
Your conscience sent me flowers again today
Yes roses are supposed to ease my mind
But they only let me know you've got something new to hide
For your conscience sends me flowers every time
[ ac.guitar ]
Your conscience has a way of telling me the truth
Even though your lips tell me a lie
Cause every time you cheat I get roses from you
Yes your conscience sends me flowers every time
Your conscience sent me flowers again today...
Yes your conscience sends me flowers every time
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11.
TEARS DON'T LOOK GOOD
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '66 Ashmar Music, BMI »
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12.
LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND
(Leon Ashley - Margie Singleton)
« © '66 Ashmar Music, BMI »
There's a taste of bitter in your sweetness
And there is a frown in your smile
There's the chill in the warmth of you kisses
Could it be you've got leavin' on your mind
Could it be you've got leavin' on your mind
What's come over you what's come over you
What's the reason for that faraway look in your eyes
There's a look of sad in your happy
The first sign of a tear in your eyes
You've got a restless sound to your footsteps
Could it be you've got leavin' on your mind
Could it be you've got leavin' on your mind
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